School health education program of medical students: Ege University School of Medicine [Ti{dotless}p fakültesi ögrencilerinin okul sagli{dotless}gi{dotless} egitim programi{dotless}: Ege üniversitesi örnegi]

AIM: School health services are conducted with interdisciplinary relations. Physicians are the main members of the school health team. Taking this into consideration, school health issue should be in the curriculum of undergraduate education. This paper aims to introduce the school health education program in Ege University School of Medicine, the training film developed and to present the evaluations of the students about the training. METHOD: The data were collected in November of 2010 for the first year of medical students and in the 2007-2008 academic year for the sixth grade medical students. In the first year of medical school, within the public health education program, schools are examined as places of community health. A lecture and the film presentation to small groups are completed with discussions afterwards. In the sixth grade of medical school, with the education program they present at elementary schools, they have the opportunity to practice some of the preventive services of a school physician. RESULTS: Most of the first grade students have positively evaluated the film presentation on school health. Technical problems have been declared as the major negative feedback. The sixth grade students have considered the school health training as a positive experience for them and for the elementary school students they have trained. CONCLUSION:The school health education containing a lecture, a film presentation and practices enable future physicians to prepare themselves for the services they may provide at primary health care units or school infirmaries